The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-03-01
A Social Scandal Among the Anti.
ArfStOeracy, Straight Lace
EaSterns.
An Authors Daughter Marries an
Honest Mechanic, and is
Ostraeised.
Negro Equality May be all Right,
But White Blood Can
not Mix.

to the young Irish mechanic, Edward
Sheehan. Society here has been thrown
into the greatest CONSERVATION over the
affair. Henry Howe, the father of the
young lady, was summoned here by tele-
graph when the family learned of the
secret marriage, which had taken place
and which was reported yesterday. Mr..
Howe was hard at work on his second
history OF Ohio when the sad news reached
him. He formerly was proprietor of
large and fiOurishing publishing house ia
CINCINNATI. fhe two brothers of Mrs.
Sheehan say they will shoot Sheehau,
whom they term their sisters betrayer, on
sight, and ii is thought they
MEAN JUST wHAs THEY SAY.
Your correspondent called at the Howe
residence tonight and asked to see Miss
Howe. The lady's mother suggested that
Mr. Howe was the proper party to be
seen In reference to the matter. Mr. Howe
stated his daughter had taEen pity on
Sheehan and as he had a good voice she
had striyen TO give him musical educa-
ton and had tried to enlighten his mind |
so he could progress in his musical
studies. His daughter, he stated. was of
very benevolent disposition. and Sheehans
pitiful story of his unhappy hsme, drunk
en- father and quarreling parents had
caused her to take compassion on him and
she had assisted HIM in every way she |
could.
WHAT THE HowEs SAY.
"Sheehan used to tell how his compan-
ions urged him to drink and how strong |
the temptation ~as," continued Mr. Howe, |
sand We used to invite him to spend an &C. |
caSiOnal evening here. Last September |
my daughter suffered from nervous pros
tratiOn, induced by over work, and the |
doctor prescribed powerful medicine for |
her, which she has been taking since. The
medicine had an effect on her brain and at
the time this miserable scamp induced
her to marry him she was
laboriug under the hallucination that she
was somebody else"
Charles Howe, Mr.. Howe's son. stepped
into an adjoining room and returned with
Miss Howe, who stated that she did not
know what ever induced her to marry
Sheehan. The girl seemed much afraid Of
her parents.
THE ONLY FEELING EVER HAD
for him were those of pity and sympathy.
never had he slightest love for him." she
exclaimed. "snd all the time during the
ceremony felt like one In dream. II
was perfectly composed. but did all that
i did mechanically. / remember when
Mr.. Gilbert questioned me so closely and |
asked me if | knew what | was doing, and
/ remember how lady left the room and
cried, and / knew she was crying because
she thought was throwing myself away.
Mr.. Sheehan came hs-e to take his music
Lessons several times alter the ceremony,
bat he never presumed DIP treat me differ
emily from what he dio previous to the
ceremony. / never intended to live with
him, AMI l shall not allow anyone to call
me by his name"
NincAL TO THE HUSBAND.
Mss Howe said that she was not held in
the slightest restraint by her family. She
came and went as she pleased. The girls
restrained manner did not bear out this
assertion. however.
Mrs. Howe, who was present during all
the conversation, was quite excited, and
several times evidently could not restrain
herself. She characterized Sheehan as a |
scoundrel of the deepest dye, and declared |
her ability to shoot him on sight.
Mr.. Howe told how Sheehan had been |
elected the first time he called at the |
house after they heard of the marriage |
Mr. Howe said that he seized Sheehan by |
the nape of the neck and ran him to the |
front door and kicked him out.
Mrs. Howe said that she had the great |
est difficulty in restraining her sons from
shooting Sheehsn, and was afraid now
that they would meet him on the street
aud dreadful consequences would result.
Chas. Howe, Mrs. Howe's brother, told
the reporter that he had ascertained the
names and natures of the ingredients in
the m. iicine that his sister had taken,
and hat been informed by physicians that
it was not surprising that the drugs had
, rendered his sister insane.
sHEEHAN's oSN STATEMENT
Sheehan, who is sober and industrious
man, but unprepossessing and of dwartsh
appearance, said to the correspondent to-
night that he and Miss Howe had been
engaged for number of months.
They say that her mind was affected by
medicines she had been taxing" he con-
tinued, "but we were engaged long before
she began taking these medicines You
don't suppose / would want to marry an
insane woman, do you? The idea of her
being crazy or that she was crazy when
the ceremony was performed is absurd. 1
don't know anything about the divorce
proceedings, although / have no doubt
that her folks
WANT HER TO GET DIVORCE.
/ believe in my wife's fidelity to me, and
that she will stand by me to the end. Her
people don't know anything about the
matter. The marriage did not take place
suddenly, but had been contemplated by
Ms both for some time. 1t was agreed by
us that the marriage should be kept secret
for time. Ny wife knew how bitterly
her people were opposed to me. and
thought 1t best to keep the matter secret.
It was her idea to break the news as gently
| as possible 70 her family. as she was afraid